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Lyman (Cyborg) Good punched his ticket to the finals of this season’s welterweight tournament with a second-round TKO victory over Michail (The Lonely Wolf) Tsarev in the main event of Bellator 78 in Dayton, Ohio, on Friday.

During the second round, Good landed a glancing jab that grazed Tsarev’s eye. Tsarev attempted to motion to the ref that he was poked in the eye, but it was to no avail. The fight continued and Good put him away with punches moments later. The instant replay revealed the shot was legal, as Good’s fist was closed.

“That’s just a testimonial to how hard I’ve been working,” Good said.

“I’m going to go out there and represent my team ... I’m ready for whoever comes my way.”

The former welterweight champion will now meet Andrey (Spartan) Koreshkov in the finals.

Koreshkov earned his spot with a stunning first-round TKO victory over Marius (The Whitemare) Zaromskis in the co-main event.

Koreshkov did a brilliant job of keeping Zaromskis at a distance and beating him to the punch. After dropping the Lithuanian with a sharp left-hook, Koreshkov unloaded with strikes for the win. In a terrible display of refereeing, Jerry Poe took way too long to stop the bout, allowing Zaromskis to receive multiple unanswered punches.

“I’m very happy; there are so many emotions right now,” Koreshkov said through his translator. “I’m very happy I didn’t disappoint anyone.”

The winner of Good and Koreshkov will meet the victor of the upcoming welterweight-title fight between Ben Askren and Karl Amoussou.

Though Steele showed a ton of heart and never backed down, he spent much of the bout eating hard punches from Rogers. Near the start of the third round, Rogers cracked Steele with a vicious straight right and chased him down while throwing a flurry of strikes, but was unable to secure the knockout.

After three rounds the judges awarded Rogers the unanimous decision with scores of 30-27 across the board.

“I tell you what, he might have Wolverine, adamantium bones,” Rogers said. “It was great fight.

“Everyone knows who is most exciting fighter in the middleweight division and that’s me. Now I’m becoming the most consistent. That’s a dangerous thing for all you middleweights out there.”

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